Today, the panelists discuss The Department of Truth Vol. 1: The End of the World. Join us for a discussion on suggestibility in art, what even makes art "comic book art" at all, and depicting conspiracy in 2025

Content Warnings: General horror, violence, conspiracies, the satanic panic, far-right white nationalism, child peril, and gun violence.

• (00:00) - “The Department of Truth” by James Tyrion and Martin Simmonds
• (02:24) - Front matter
• (02:46) - Content Warnings
• (03:08) - Synopsis
• (04:06) - What we thought about the book
• (08:46) - Suggestibility in the art
• (10:17) - The first issue
• (11:01) - Scout has critiques on Simmonds’ vomit art
• (11:46) - The art we love
• (13:53) - Scout loves pathetic men
• (18:45) - There’s a television adaptation coming
• (21:17) - The color work
• (22:11) - X-Files
• (25:46) - The other puking scene
• (26:13) - This art doesn’t feel like a comic book
• (29:37) - J. C. Leyendecker
• (31:48) - Using space just to set mood
• (34:47) - Some layout gripes
• (39:34) - Angela: Asgard’s Assassin
• (41:09) - Fashion corner
• (42:22) - Bad faith caricatures
• (46:26) - James Tynion, the queer edgelord
• (50:55) - This book is still ongoing!
• (51:37) - Further Reading
• (55:38) - “I know what a fucking tulpa is, Cole.”
• (56:07) - Back matter

• Universal Monsters: Dracula by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds
• Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, and Miquel Muerto
• Talon by James Tynion IV, Christy Marx, Scott Snyder, Guillem March, Miguel Sepulveda, Juan Jose Ryp, and Romano Molenaar
• Exquisite Corpses by James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh, Pornsak Pichetshote, Marianna Ignazzi, and Valentine De Landro
• “You’re Wrong About” episode on “Michelle Remembers”

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Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

Today, the panelists discuss On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden. Join us for a discussion on letting the reader figure things out, how this book relies on color, and Walden's unique take on space.

• (00:00) - “On A Sunbeam” by Tillie Walden
• (02:02) - Front Matter
• (03:22) - General thoughts
• (09:03) - Zero explanation
• (14:02) - The first half
• (20:46) - The characters & relationships
• (22:47) - Lots of negative space
• (24:13) - Two moments overlapping at once
• (25:42) - The alien-ness of characters and environments
• (31:47) - Teens talk normal
• (33:43) - We ❤️ Jules
• (34:58) - Elliot
• (38:39) - Restoration
• (45:57) - Color
• (48:19) - A quick return to restoration
• (50:29) - Back to color
• (56:54) - The fox scene
• (58:15) - The fish ship
• (01:00:28) - Lost in space
• (01:01:08) - More color!
• (01:02:00) - Always in space
• (01:03:31) - Girl world
• (01:08:20) - On a Sunbeam fanfic
• (01:10:10) - Fashion corner
• (01:12:57) - The detail
• (01:13:28) - Hierarchy of size
• (01:16:00) - Tarot influences
• (01:18:40) - Doorways
• (01:24:58) - Favorite characters
• (01:33:58) - Damn, Scout
• (01:35:25) - Further Reading
• (01:43:33) - Back matter

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Matt

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Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

Today, the panelists discuss How Do We Relationship?, our first yuri on the show! Join us for a discussion on depictions of queer women in manga, how this book handles sex, and our favorite fashion in this manga.

• (00:00) - How Do We Relationship?
• (02:16) - Front Matter
• (07:55) - The art
• (09:45) - Feelings circles!!!
• (14:30) - Ba-dump ba-dump
• (16:26) - Our lead characters, Miwa and Saeko
• (19:59) - Sex in this book
• (28:50) - Physical details
• (29:31) - Fashion Corner
• (30:37) - (Lobster shirt)
• (32:33) - How Miwa is written in this book
• (35:48) - Their underwear
• (36:26) - More sex chat
• (37:33) - How the bandmates handle their relationship
• (39:02) - The bandmates
• (41:46) - The fear of homophobia in this narrative
• (45:12) - More about the bandmates
• (45:48) - A potential aro/ace or nonbinary character
• (52:35) - We should read X Gender
• (52:55) - Memes
• (54:30) - Further Reading
• (01:01:19) - Back Matter

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This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

Today, the panelists discuss the webcomic turned film - Nimona! Join us for a discussion on queer themes, the nature of revisiting a story after its end, and sharks with boobs.

• (00:00) - “Nimona” by ND Stevenson
• (01:16) - The Tumblr mines
• (02:45) - Front Matter
• (06:36) - What did we think?
• (14:23) - Web comic to graphic novel
• (17:19) - Loss.jpg
• (20:53) - Nimona balances humor and sincerity
• (23:48) - Nimona is of its time
• (27:45) - Nimona as a queer YA comic
• (38:41) - Remember Animorphs?
• (39:51) - Nimona’s haircuts
• (42:19) - The codpiece
• (44:21) - The setting
• (46:55) - Scout art thoughts!
• (49:14) - The epilogue
• (49:52) - Fujoshi Scout
• (50:59) - How being YA affects this book
• (59:41) - Reading it as it came out
• (01:03:08) - Discord jokes
• (01:04:23) - More movie thoughts
• (01:06:39) - Blackheart and Goldenloin ❤️
• (01:07:34) - The mad scientist
• (01:10:09) - Blackheart is Scout’s type
• (01:10:59) - ND’s new book
• (01:13:06) - Further Reading
• (01:15:49) - Back Matter

Deep Dive on Nimona: https://www.imfineimfine.com/p/nimona-the-comic-a-deep-dive
Buy a physical copy of Nimona: https://bookshop.org/p/books/nimona-10th-anniversary-limited-edition-nd-stevenson/22115217

A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

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This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

Today the panelists discuss a heartwarming Boy's Love - Love In the Palm of His Hand. Join us for a discussion of the genre and elements of visual storytelling present in this manga!

• (00:00) - Love in the Palm of His Hand
• (01:09) - Further Reading
• (01:19) - Jillian: Witch Hat Atelier
• (02:22) - Robin: Blade Maidens
• (03:36) - Matt: Young Men in Love: New Romance
• (05:04) - Scout: Hirano to Kagiura
• (07:38) - Front Matter
• (08:53) - A brief intro to some terms
• (10:54) - Our BL experience
• (16:43) - Fujinaga & Keito
• (19:49) - Perspective shifts
• (22:09) - The depiction of sign
• (28:20) - The humor
• (31:22) - Non-diegetic artistic elements
• (34:02) - The importance of being understood
• (39:05) - Translation differences
• (47:49) - Layers of translation
• (50:40) - Scout on lettering
• (57:50) - Moments we loved
• (01:07:34) - Volume 2 coming soon
• (01:08:11) - “He’s like a chameleon”
• (01:11:39) - Back Matter

A comics show for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

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This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.
Other music by shushubobo - cherry blossom kitkat.

Today, the panelists discuss the Boy Wonder himself - Dick Grayson! Now moved on to his role as Nightwing and fresh off a good ol' amnesia plotline, we talk about the way this run of his comic sets things up and interacts with the medium.

• (00:00) - Welcome to In Sequence!
• (04:05) - Further Reading
• (09:51) - Front Matter
• (15:54) - How American superhero comics work
• (17:30) - How did we find the book?
• (22:36) - The tropes of the superhero comic
• (27:00) - Our Batman/Batfam experience
• (32:11) - Jumping into the story
• (35:40) - Limitations of the form
• (48:32) - The moments that stood out to us
• (01:06:15) - Final thoughts
• (01:10:39) - Back Matter

More Tom Taylor: https://www.tomtaylormade.com/

More Bruno Redondo: https://blackdiamondbcn.com/product-category/bruno-redondo/

A comics show for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr.

This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.
Other music by shushubobo - cherry blossom kitkat.

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